Thread: Individual RP: BlazeMaster11

NBP 7
Ranger Alex Thompson


"Not this time," Joe said to Alex, "Let's get on quickly."

Alex nodded and looked left, noticing a small cave. He tapped Joe shoulder and pointed in the direction of the cave. They quickly made a run for it, hoping that the Mienshao wouldn't chase after them. However unfortunately, Mienshao quickly set off and chased after the trainers. Alex turned around and noticed Mienshao coming up from behind. He stopped, knowing that there is no point running from it. He turned to Joe and said, "I can make a distraction and we can run for it? or you could buy a PokeDoll for 500 bucks, which would assure a successful escape?"

If Alex was put in this position, he would use the Pokedoll knowing that it was a 100% chance of running away. He looked at the incoming Meinshao, knowing that Joe would have to make his mind up soon.

Trainer Stats

Name: Joe Turner
Location: Mt. Oktori
Area Effects: None
Pokemon Encounters: Machop, Swinu, Mienshao
Pokemon Encounters Left: 12
Pokemon Caught: Machop – M – Quiet, Swinub - M - Docile
MCR: 0/9000

Items: 3x Park Balls, Energy Powder Plus

Pokemon Statistics



Nickname: Caesar
Health: 65%
Gender: Male
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant
Extra Moves: None


Nickname: Brennus
Health: 90%
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Rash
Extra Moves: None

OCC: I'll buy the PokeDoll £4250-500=£3750



Alex tapped me gently on the shoulder led me torwards a small cave, careful not to attract attention from the Mienshao. All was in vain, however, as the sleek Pokemon darted after us, eager to make chase. Alex turned round and noticed the oncoming Pokemon. Ignoring any attempt at quietness he said to me,
"I can make a distraction and we can run for it? or you could buy a PokeDoll for 500 bucks, which would assure a successful escape?" He asked ignoring any attempt at quietness.

I thought for a brief moment, evaluating the situation. I was desperate to evade this vicious Pokemon but it did cost £500. I gazed on at the oncoming feline Pokemon and made my decision.
"I'll take the doll, thanks" I said.

@gmandiddy ;

NBP 8
Ranger Alex Thompson


"I'll take the doll, thanks" Joe said to Alex. Joe fished through his bag and removed some money, handing it over to Alex. Alex exchanged the money for a Pokedoll, which he removed from his bag. Joe threw the doll towards the charging Mienshao, hoping that the fighting Pokemon would noticed. The Mienshao quickly halted in front of Joe and Alex and lowered its head. It started to sniff the doll, wondering what it was. Then Mienshao quickly ran in the opposite direction, trying to get as far as possible away from the doll. Alex was surprised, he had always wondered how PokeDolls guaranteed a certain escape. Some Pokemon simply took the doll away and played with it or cared for it as it was they own. However this was the first time Alex had seen a Pokemon run away because it was either scared or the doll smelled funny.

After their experience with Mienshao, Alex guided Joe towards the cave. The entered the dark cave and slowly ventured through. It seemed like this cave ran right through the main mountain of Mt. Oktori. Then out of nowhere, a small fighting Pokemon appeared from behind a rock. It was a small Pokemon and looked like a child. It looked at the trainers and cried out loud, "Tyyyy."

Alex turned to Joe and asked, "Do you want to battle this Tyrouge?"

Trainer Stats

Name: Joe Turner
Location: Mt. Oktori
Area Effects: None
Pokemon Encounters: Machop, Swinu, Mienshao, Tyrogue
Pokemon Encounters Left: 11
Pokemon Caught: Machop – M – Quiet, Swinub - M - Docile
MCR: 0/9000

Items: 3x Park Balls, Energy Powder Plus

Pokemon Statistics



Nickname: Caesar
Health: 65%
Gender: Male
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant
Extra Moves: None


Nickname: Brennus
Health: 90%
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Rash
Extra Moves: None

I took out my wallet and gave $500 to Alex. As I gave it over I thought at how much a normal doll would cost. I threw it out in front of me, expecting the raging Mienshao to attack it and rip it to shreds. It stopped in its tracks. I waited, crouching in anticipation. The sleek Pokemon sniffed the PokeDoll, and fled, running back down the mountain in terror, running faster than I had ever seen it move before. I hadn't expected that reaction from the Mienshao, and wondered if it was normal for Pokemon to act that way to a Poke Doll.

We continued on into the cave. The cavern got surprisingly large and ran much further than I had first thought. A Pokemon leapt out of us from behind a rock, staring at us challengingly. It gave a cry and looked forwards. For God's sake, is this some sort of fighting dojo? I thought, irritated.
"Do you want to battle this Tyrouge?" Alex asked
"No, lets keep on going," I said. One Fighting-type was enough for me.
@gmandiddy ;

NBP 9
Ranger Alex Thompson


"No, lets keep on going,” Joe replied. Alex knew that Joe had already captured a fighting Pokemon and by the looks of his recent escape from Mienshao and Tyrouge, he was leaning towards more ice Pokemon. Alex watched as the Tyrouge slowly walked by, ignoring the two trainers. Alex almost wanted to thank him however he knew that if he said something, the Tyrouge would surely attack.

Alex lead Joe through the cave and suddenly walked into a large open room. It wasn’t as big as the outside training ground, where they encountered Mienshao; however this was a smaller version, probably for the young Pokemon. Alex looked forward and noticed a pile of rocks built up like a cage. He walked closer and noticed a small Pokemon inside. It looked like it was trapped in by the rocks. Alex called Joe towards him and asked for some help removing these rocks.

After successfully removing the rocks, Alex watched as the Pokemon bounced out in front of them. Alex realized it was a Mienfoo, the pre-evolution of Mienshao. The Mienfoo looked up at Joe and started to bounce around on the spot, like it wanted a battle. Alex turned to him and said, “Joe, it looks like this Mienfoo wants to say thank you for saving it. Would you want to battle?”

Trainer Stats

Name: Joe Turner
Location: Mt. Oktori
Area Effects: None
Pokemon Encounters: Machop, Swinu, Mienshao, Tyrogue, Mienfoo
Pokemon Encounters Left: 10
Pokemon Caught: Machop – M – Quiet, Swinub - M - Docile
MCR: 0/15000

Items: 3x Park Balls, Energy Powder Plus

Pokemon Statistics



Nickname: Caesar
Health: 65%
Gender: Male
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant
Extra Moves: None


Nickname: Brennus
Health: 90%
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Rash
Extra Moves: None

I watched in anticipation as Tyrogue approached. I held my breath as he slowly walked past us. I saw the Fighting-type's back disappear around a corner and stood up, stretching myself out. We continued through the cave system, dodging stalagtites and around stalagmites, until we came to a cavern, perfectly rounded. I wondered if any Pokemon lived here, exploring the fantasy of nests of Pokemon all hidden. The Pokemon I found was very different. Alex walked forward into the cavern, going towards a pile of rocks. Despite the poor light I could see why. Trapped by the rocks was a Pokemon, yellow with red bands around it. At Alex's asking I rushed forward and started to heave the rocks away.

We lifted the final rock and the Pokemon bounced out. It was a Mienfoo. I remembered the Mienshao that we had encountered earlier. I loved this species and it would be great to battle one. To my delite it started rocking on it's feet, ready to battle.
“Joe, it looks like this Mienfoo wants to say thank you for saving it; would you want to battle?” Alex asked. I'd been running from encounters for too long. It was time to face the Fighting type.
"Ok, let's take this one on," I replied. To my surprise Seedot released itself from its PokeBall.
"If you want Seedot," I said, gesturing for it to battle. I could see why it was so eager, I had used Chimchar for both battles, it must be jealous.
"Seedot, I don't want you to get too hurt, so start with a Harden attack to make attacks less effective," Seedot started to concentrate. Preparing to harden its acorn-like shell.
@gmandiddy ;

BP 1
Ranger Alex Thompson


"Ok, let's take this one on," Joe replied. He started to shuffle through his rucksack for another Pokeball. Alex remembered that Joe only had two Pokemon and that if he was looking for another Pokeball, the chances are it will be his Seedot. He grabbed the Pokeball and threw it into the air. The ball exploded as it made contact with the ground and a white light emerged from the ball as well. A small acorn-like Pokemon appeared from the ball and looked at its trainer, excited to be battling. Alex noted that Seedot was fresh and a better choice rather than Chimchar, which had already battled two battles in a row. Seedot turned around to its trainer and awaited his next command.

"Seedot, I don't want you to get too hurt, so start with a Harden attack to make attacks less effective," Joe commanded. Alex couldn’t fault the trainer; his main job was to protect Seedot as much as possible. Harden was a move which increased the defence of the user by creating a small wooden coat around the original skin of the Pokemon. Sometimes it proved effective and since Mienfoo was a more physical Pokemon, it would benefit Seedot and Mienfoo.

Seedot started to glow in a white colour. Mienfoo at this time started to run around the battlefield. Joe started to fix his eyes to the fox-like Pokemon. Mienfoo stopped run and suddenly flew a set of flying stars towards Seedot. Seedot was a sitting duck and couldn’t do anything to prevent the flying stars. It endured the attack and stopped glowing. A thin white layer appeared around the surface of Seedot. Seedot seemed a lot happier now with defence against physical attacks.

Alex turned to Joe and wondered what he would do next.

[center]Battle Stats

? / ? / Mienfoo 100%
Last Move Used: Swift

M / Rash / Seedot 83% [Def +1]
Last Move Used: Harden

MCR: 1572/15000

Trainer Stats

Name: Joe Turner
Location: Mt. Oktori
Area Effects: None
Pokemon Encounters: Machop, Swinub, Mienshao, Tyrogue, Mienfoo
Pokemon Encounters Left: 10
Pokemon Caught: Machop – M – Quiet, Swinub - M - Docile

Items: 3x Park Balls, Energy Powder Plus

Pokemon Statistics



Nickname: Caesar
Health: 65%
Gender: Male
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant
Extra Moves: None


Nickname: Brennus
Health: 90%
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Rash
Extra Moves: None

OCC: Female Mienfoo. @gmandiddy ;

As Seedot glowed white in the darkness Mienfoo started to run around the Pokemon. I tried to fix my eyes on the Pokemon as it flew around the training room. He skidded to a halt in the middle of the chamber and stared at Seedot. I waited in silence as the two Pokemon looked at each other. I watched, admiring my opponent. The Pokemon was powerful and beautiful, fox-like and sleek, like its evolution. It was a perfect capture for me. Maybe this wasn't a good idea though, I thought as I pondered my next move. Maybe Mienfoo was too good for my team. But there was no going back now, I would carry on.

"OK Seedot, Mienfoo's pretty powerful, so let's try a combination," I thought for a moment, deciding on the best mix of moves. Mienfoo was a Fighting-type, easily susceptible to Flying and Psychic type moves. But it had been in the cave for a long time. Maybe some light would make a difference.
"Seedot, use Sunny Day first and blind Mienfoo, then use Nature Power in Shadow Ball form and finish with Synthesis!" I commanded. I could make good use with the opportunity that Sunny Day had formed, and hopefully strike hard with Shadow Ball. After two moves Seedot would be heavily damaged and a Synthesis wouldn't go amiss. The plan seemed close enough to perfect. Seedot wasn't a particularly strong Pokemon, but with the right moves and a caring trainer Joe was certain that he wouldn't fail. He remembered back to the last time he had seen Shadow Ball used.

I stood outside the cave with Chimchar, looking into the dark abyss. This was my first time out in the wild alone, but I was determined to catch the powerful Sableye that was rumoured to live at the bottom of it. I wrapped the lifeline to my harness and walked towards the cave mouth. I was accomplished at absailing and relished at the task. I started to climb down, using Chimchar's fire as my torch as he nimbly scaled the rock wall. The descent was terrifying, I slowly scaled the wall, slippery with Zubat pellets, until I got to a place where the cave tightenned. I couldn't fit through with my harness. I was going to have to freeclimb from here. Discarding my harness I started to climb down the last twenty feet, finding holds in the rock to hold onto. I jumped down the last foot to the bottom and the air came alive with wingbeats, I had woken up a Zubat nest. Zubat flying everywhere, guided only by the light from Chimchar's tail I continued to go on on my quest for Sableye.

I saw a movement in the shadows beside me, a slow, deliberate movement. He gasped in horror as he saw what it was, a Sableye. The Pokemon formed a dark purple orb in its hands, and fired it straight at Chimchar. The small Pokemon was thrown back from the force of the powerful Ghost Type attack. I looked at the purple Pokemon, gems in its eyes. It stared back in a strange insectile way. Chimchar lay on the ground, surrounded by a purple aura that was quick to dissipate. Chimchar's Special Defense had gone down. One more hit from Shadow Ball and I could be finished I picked up Chimchar and ran. The Zubats dived onto us and peppered my bent back with attacks but I kept on going. I reached the wall that I had climbed down earlier. Hauling Chimchar over my back I started to climb, but I felt a force stopping me. I looked up and saw Sableye appearing in front of me. He prepared another Shadow Ball, producing the purple ball from thing air. This was it, I thought. This was the end. Sableye turned his head towards the ceiling and fired the attack, blasting the crack that had so impeded me to a much larger size. My harness fell down. I gave a nod of thanks to Sableye and, after tightenning the harness around me, climbed up, leaving the cave behind me.

Seedot started to prepare a ball of fire in its mouth, the bright orange orb as light as the Sun. He fired it at the roof of the cave and the chamber was filled with light. Mienfoo blinked in surprise at the light, it must have been training in here for months. Nevertheless it prepared its attack. Seedot prepared for the next stage of its attack, glowing white as it prepared to use Nature Power. I looked at Mienfoo, wondering what move it would use next. I prayed that it didn't know any fire type moves, which would be boosted by Sunny Day and even more effective against the grass type Seedot.

OOC: I took this over in case you didn't see. Don't know why I thought someone claimed it sooner. That being said, if you keep up with the posting like in your last one this will be over in no time. @BlazeMaster;

IC: I end up showing up at the battle a field a little later than I actually would have liked, mainly due to waking up kind of late. That was a bad thing, because I hated leaving trainers alone in the park with a battle, because you never know what might happen. In this case it could have happened since I needed to take this run over, due to the prior ranger needed to leave. Oh well, I was here now, and as I could tell this trainer was clearly trying to capture a Mienfoo, and was doing so by using his Seedot to battle. Seedot...was certainly an interesting choice to use here, but hey my brother took Litwick to the park with every intent on using it to battle so.

"OK Seedot, Mienfoo's pretty powerful, so let's try a combination," he said, before taking a quick pause to think about it for a moment. He was no doubt trying to figure what moves would be the most effective to use in this situation. Seedot didn't exactly have the deepest movepool, and Mienfoo could generally be crafty battlers, due to be Fighting-types, though that didn't mean they were unbeatable or something. It just meant he would need to keep a sharp eye out for anything it could do.

"Seedot, use Sunny Day first and blind Mienfoo, then use Nature Power in Shadow Ball form and finish with Synthesis!" he had commanded. It was certainly an interesting combo of moves, that was for sure. Sunny Day, and Synthesis worked nicely together, it was just Nature Power seemed a bit oddly out of place here, but hey at least he was also adding in a move that could damage his foe. The main reason I liked that is, because much like my brother, I too was about an allout offensive strategy, and trying to hit hard as quickly as I can.

Trying to use Sunny Day inside of a cave was certainly something alright. Something crazy. Though it wasn't actually unheard of, I mean my brother did it afterall on his prior trip to Mount Oktori, it was just that he ended up having Chandelure create the attack, and so rather than an artificial sun being made or the ceiling of the cave being blow away, Chandelure used its flames to act like she herself was the sun. I didn't think the same thing would happen here though, with Seedot not being a Fire-type Pokemon. Seedot gave it its all, but the little guy just didn't have the necessary energy, or ability to create a synthetic sun here. Though that didn't mean that it didn't give it its all. A quick, and bright flash of light was quickly created, which managed to distract Mienfoo rather quickly, since it went to cover up its eyes.

While it was distracted it gave Seedot a golden opportunity to strike, and deal some damage. It was using Nature Power, which was certainly unique. Nature Power would change into one of several moves given the selected area you were in, due to the natural surroundings. So if there was a large amount of water around, as you could naturally assume this move would end up producing Surf. Inside of a cave though it was a little different. Caves were generally dark, and so this attack would feed off the darkness in the area, and it would end up shaping it into a Shadow Ball attack. This was a Ghost-type move, which was kind of a mix between a ball, and just a glob. The attack was formed in front of Seedot, and looked like it was actually bigger than its entire body. There wasn't much of an opening to strike though, as Mienfoo's sight was coming back. The attack was quickly fired off, but with the way it turned, only part of its midsection had been clipped.

Now was going to come stage three of his plan, which was Synthesis. What this would do is restore a Pokemon's health by half of its maximum with no weather around. In rain, hail, and sand this would only restore one fourth of their health. However if this ended up being used while the sun was shining it would restore two thirds. That last one was what made me believe that he wanted sun here. Seedot went ahead to try to begin healing, but Meinfoo didn't want any of that. It hopped over at its foe, and gave it a quick bop on its head, to which Seedot took a few steps back to shake it off. Pound was what was used there. Just a basic move like it sounded, where the foe would throw a quick punch or something to deal a bit of damage.

This wasn't everything though. It seemed like Mienfoo wanted to show off what it was truly capable of. It picked up a rock, which looked to be about medium in size, off of the cave floor, and tossed it at the Seedot. Before the rock could actually hit him though, Mienfoo dashed over there, and threw a punch which not only shattered the rock to bits, but also nailed Seedot right in the face, cause it to crash into the ground. It had used Rock Smash, a move more than powerful to destroy rocks as was just witnessed, and also had the chance of dropping the foes Defense. It got back up, and while it didn't look like its defense had dropped any, it still certainly took some damage from that attack.

Current Battle Stats

Rash M Seedot 74% Def+1 Used Sunny Day, Nature Power (Shadow Ball), Synthesis
? F Mienfoo 88% Used Pound, and Rock Smash

CC: 5892/15000

Name: Joe Turner
Location: Mt. Oktori
Area Effects: None
Pokemon Encounters: Machop, Swinub, Mienshao, Tyrogue, Mienfoo
Pokemon Encounters Left: 10
Pokemon Caught: Machop – M – Quiet, Swinub - M - Docile

Items: 3x Park Balls, Energy Powder Plus

Pokemon Statistics

Nickname: Caesar
Health: 65%
Gender: Male
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant
Extra Moves: None


Nickname: Brennus
Health: 90%
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Rash
Extra Moves: None

OCC: THANK YOOOOOOOU!! I hadn't noticed.

IC: The Ball of orange light from Seedot burst, creating a huge flash of bright light in the centre of the field, although with not enough power to stay there, it blinded Mienfoo for a moment, giving Seedot the chance to strike. To be fair I was a little dissapointed at Seedot's power, but we could still win this. As the cave was plunged back into darkness Seedot started to from a globule in front of his face, preparing the attack. It was the Shadow Ball I had seen so long ago.

The Ball spat out from Seedot, flying through the dark air towards Mienfoo, but it had back spin it seemed. The ball came off tatget slightly, only glancing off the red and yellow Pokemon's torso. Mienfoo was still knocked off it's feet, quickly jumping up again. I felt bad inside, this was my failing, spending too much time with Chimchar and not giving Seedot the attention that he deserved. After we caught Mienfoo I would train him. As I thought this Mienfoo ran forward, bonking Seedot with his yellow hands. It was a pound attack, but due to Seedot's Hardenning, the attack didn't seem to do too much damage.

Now the last stage of my plan came to fruition, healing Seedot. Brennus started to glow yellow, his wounds starting to heal. Mienfoo hurled a rock at th acorn-likee Pokemon, it looked like a Rock Throw Attack. Just before the rock hit Seedot's face Mienfoo leapt forward and punched the rock into small pieces, spattering Seedot's face with it. I looked around the cave and saw a ranger, but it wasn't Alex. I wonderred where he had gone, he must have had to leave. I turned to the new ranger.
"Hi, I'm Joe," I said, trying to look friendly. I tback to the battle, concentration fixed in my face

I considerred my options, Seedot looked like it ewas hurt, and my initial instinct was to Make him defend. But inside I knew that there was only one way to win this battle, and that was by dealing damage. Mienfoo was an offensive Pokemon, he could also deal a lot of damage to Seedot, and that was the key to my victory.

"Seedot, You're not going to like this, but we're going to have to use a Bide attack," Seedot looked up at me as I said this. He looked tired and I wasn't sure that this was the right thing to do, but I had to do it. Mienfoo would l a lot of damage to Seedot, but after that I could take him down with the power his attacks would have given mine.
"Yes, Seedotm sure. USE BIDE!"
@Ebail ;

@BlazeMaster; OOC Sorry, but I had trouble figuring out what to work with with there being Bide

IC: After Seedot, and Mienfoo finished exchanging blows, this trainer made it a point to turn to me, and introduce himself. "Hi, I'm Joe," he said, before turning his full attention back onto the battle at hand. I couldn't blame him for keeping his full focus on this battle, but still at the same time Seedot didn't exactly have a varied movepool that it could get some work done with. In fact its movepool was more like a puddle than a pool, but still that didn't mean it couldn't get any work done. Of course I did certainly need to wonder what sort of move, or moves, Joe would end up doing.

"Seedot, You're not going to like this, but we're going to have to use a Bide attack. Yes, Seedot sure. USE BIDE!" Joe commanded. That was certainly something I never remembered seeing done at the park before. Mostly because it was quite an unusual attack. Most people prefer to just go forth, and hit hard without looking back, but then again Seedot had been one of those Pokemon that wasn't the most equipped for battles, so any trick Joe could pull out here would be handy.

Why was Bide rarely seen? Well, because of the way that it worked. Basically it just made your Pokemon a sitting duck for two, or three attacks leaving your opponent free to hit you however they liked, and however hard they liked. Now that wasn't to say that it made the Pokemon using Bide worthless. Far from it in fact. Bide would absorb any damage that the Pokemon got from attacks while using it, and return it at the foe at double the power. Of course though the problem with this was that the opposing Pokemon would actually need to hit you. If it was a trainer battle, and you called Bide your opponent could easily just have their Pokemon stat up while waiting for Bide to finish, giving them a serious advantage. It was a risky, but it was also gutsy too.

Mienfoo took a quick glance at what Seedot was doing, and I don't know if it knew what was going on or not, but Mienfoo took the advantage of its foe standing still, it got into a stance, and closed its eyes going into a state of meditation. Over a small window of time an aura started to form around it, and it looked like it had reached a higher mental state, looking more powerful. It was using Calm Mind, a move that clears, and then focuses the users mind, raising both their Special Attack, and Special Defense in the process of doing so. It was preparing itself for anything, or perhaps taking caution because it remembered the Shadow Ball from a few moments ago. Either way though it didn't just stop there.

Perhaps this was to get it to do something, or perhaps this was just to taunt, or maybe it just simply knew what Seedot was attempting. Mienfoo rushed over, and give it a couple of slaps to its face. The move was Doubleslap. Not particularly the strongest move, and not one that would benefit from the Special Attack boost either, just sort of one that would get on your opponents nerves. Maybe Meinfoo knew Seedot needed to wait, and so it took advantage of this to humiliate it, or maybe it was trying to cloud its head, and attack blindly. I wasn't sure of what, but I knew in the end it might not be too good.

Current Battle Stats

Rash M Seedot 63% Def+1 Used/using Bide
? F Mienfoo 88% Sp Atk/Sp Def+1 Used Calm Mind and Doubleslap

CC: 8286/15000

Name: Joe Turner
Location: Mt. Oktori
Area Effects: None
Pokemon Encounters: Machop, Swinub, Mienshao, Tyrogue, Mienfoo
Pokemon Encounters Left: 10
Pokemon Caught: Machop – M – Quiet, Swinub - M - Docile

Items: 3x Park Balls, Energy Powder Plus

Pokemon Statistics

Nickname: Caesar
Health: 65%
Gender: Male
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant
Extra Moves: None


Nickname: Brennus
Health: 90%
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Rash
Extra Moves: None

OCC: No worries @Ebail ; , I have plenty of time

Seedot started to glow white, preparing to embrace any attacks and I waited, anticipant of any attack. Mienfoo gave us a quick glance and did nothing. No! I thought We can't have this happening again! He can't just not attack us! One of the advantages of Bide was that it was so tempting for an opposing Pokemon to strike Seedot hard at this point, especially as it looked so small and weedy. I remember the last time this move had failed me, at a battle with th Mikan Gym Leader.

The battlefield was of blue water with floats in the middle, such as to allow my Pokemon to have a foothold. On one of these floats was lying Seedot, tired from many attacks. Above him a huge Gyrados towered, having dealt the damage, looking ready to do the final strike. There was only one thing I could think of doing to put off his offence.
"Seedot use Bide!" I commanded over the rippling water. Gyrados could pack a punch, so this could turn the tables on the battle. Luckily the leader had promised an informal match, so I had nothing to lose. Seedot started to glow a brilliant white. As Gyrados prepared to sweep in to deal a blow the Gym Leader stopped him.

"Wait, Gyrados. He's using Bide. We shouldn't attack him directly until he's finished!" He shouted. "Use Dragon Dance instead!" The Pokemon looked back to it's strong trainer and gave a nod of understanding. It was amazing that creatures like Pokemon were so intelligent, but those who commanded them often weren't. This Gym Leader was an exception, though. He had already sweeped my team with this Gyrados, and he looked ready to finish us off. The Gyrados flailed as gracefully as such a large creature could when in water, inadvertently creating violent waves that rocked the floating platform that Seedot was clinging to. The Gyrados started to glow a deep red and settled down again. His Attack strength and his Speed had risen. However Seedot kept on glowing as the platform settled down again. By now the Gyrados was getting impatient, tired of not attacking

"Gyrados, do it again! Just once more I promise!" The Gym Leader said. As Gyrados started to flail about again I both wondered at the Gym Leader's control and also looked on exasperated at the lack of damage Seedot was taking. As the platform settled down Seedot's white aura faded. Bide had failed! At the Mikan Gym Leader's command Gyrados scoured the platform with Bright Red Flames, the Flamethrower attack finishing off my team.

Mienfoo started to concentrate, meditating as those sorts of Pokemon can do. I was worried that this might lead to Bide failing again, as Mienfoo had enough concentration to outlast Seedot's Bide. This attack, Calm Mind, readied the foe for either attacking or being attacked by an opponent long ranged. This attack was useful for Mienfoo with it's weakness to long ranged Psychic type moves and it's Aura Sphere and Focus Blast attacks. Seedot kept on glowing white, waiting, possibly remembering that same incident in Mikan Gym.

Mienfoo's eyes snapped open, it was ready to attack. I looked on, in a strange way delighted as he rushed forward and repeatedly slapped Seedot in the face several times. It was a Doubleslap attack, pretty feeble to be honest, but enough to ensure that Seedot could strike back next turn. I chuckled at the irony of such a powerful Pokemon having to slap each other around the faces, it gave me the image of a potential Mienfoo sitcom. Maybe Mienfoo found humour in it too, if so it would be great to have a comedic Pokemon.Seedot stepped back, reeling from the attack. I immediately felt remorse as the remembrance of the attacks that had pounded him came back to me. Seedot was suffering for me, and inside I was grateful. Seedot released his white aura outwards to return the evil done to it. What would happen next, I wondered as the attack sped towards Mienfoo.

@BlazeMaster;

Well, Joe didn't seem too upset by the amount of damage Seedot took thus far, but at the same time he also didn't exactly seem too pleased, since he needed Bide to absorb a decent enough amount of damage to put a dent in Mienfoo. There wasn't really anything Joe could do here though, aside from just looking in wait, waiting to see what Mienfoo would do, and if Seedot would be able to send the damage flying back. I just had to hope for him that it would work in the end.

Mienfoo wasn't just going to sit here and do absolutely nothing while it waited for the duration of bide to end. It started forming an aura around itself, somewhat similar to what I saw come off it from Calm Mind, and it then created an energy blast in front of itself. It was a powerful blast, known as Aura Sphere. A special Fighting-type move, that couldn't miss its foe, because it would link the energy together between the user and the foe. This was no doubt the real reason that Mienfoo had used Calm Mind before, so that it could try to finish off Seedot, before it could fully execute Bide.

Mienfoo fired the attack, and there was nothing that Seedot could do about it. It was stuck just waiting there, unless it was switched out of battle, but I knew Joe wouldn't switch it out, since it kept it there waiting for the purpose of damage. The blast smacked it dead on in the face, causing it to roll back a few feet, and hit its head against the cave wall behind it. Mienfoo looked very pleased by this, since it turned its back to its foe, and essentially patted itself on the back. However, this was not the time for it to be celebrating, since that didn't know out its opponent, and the time for it to strike back had arrived.

Seedot started to glow, signalizing that it had finished absorbing any damage that it would. It then stuck the top of its head forward, and launched itself at Mienfoo, like it was a speeding bullet. It hit the Fighting-type Pokemon right it the stomach, causing it to fly back and smack against the wall. Seedot got back up, and was short on breath, but otherwise it was alright. Mienfoo on the other hand was grabbing at its midsection, coughing in pain. Bide certainly seemed like it was worth the wait while using it now, and thinks certainly looked like they were probably all but over here.

Current Battle Stats

Rash M Seedot 40% Def+1 Used Bide
? F Mienfoo 20% Sp Atk/Sp Def+1 Used Aura Sphere

CC: 12136/15000

Name: Joe Turner
Location: Mt. Oktori
Area Effects: None
Pokemon Encounters: Machop, Swinub, Mienshao, Tyrogue, Mienfoo
Pokemon Encounters Left: 10
Pokemon Caught: Machop – M – Quiet, Swinub - M - Docile

Items: 3x Park Balls, Energy Powder Plus

Pokemon Statistics

Nickname: Caesar
Health: 65%
Gender: Male
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant
Extra Moves: None


Nickname: Brennus
Health: 90%
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Rash
Extra Moves: None

@Ebail;

Seedot continued to glow white, preparing to take on more attacks from Mienfoo. I admired the little Pokemon for it's courage in absorbing attacks so persistently and refusing to hesitate. Mienfoo looked formidable, prepared to take on anything it found but, contrary to my original prediction, seemed to have no idea of Bide's effect luckily.

A halo formed around the Mienfoo's entire body as it started to conentrate like it had for Bide. I had no idea what was coming, I hoped it wasn't another Calm Mind. As much as I cared about Seedot's safety I was desperate to unleashe a powerful attack, not just one boosted by a double slap. Mienfoo formed a ball of focussed energy between it's hands. It was an Aura Sphere attack! Aura Sphere came from the user's special attack, which was boosted by Calm Mind. This was what Mienfoo had been planning all along, wait until I vulnerable and then strike extra hard.

The powerful orb was shot from Mienfoo's hands straight towards Seedot. The Blast hit him straight in the face and sent him reeling back several paces. He still remained standing. Mienfoo smirked and turned it's back on the supposedly worthless opponent, clearly pleased with itself. Seedot, however, looked ready to battle. Bide had also charged too and now was the perfect time to release it.

Seedot glowed bright white and inclined his head towards Mienfoo. The white aura dissappeared as he shot forwards, smacking his opponent straight in the torso, sending it flying. The attack was perfect, I was delighted at Seedot's success. The smirk on Mienfoo's face turned to a bitter expression as it climed back to it's feet. It had taken a lot of damage and now would be a good time to think about capturing it.

But before that I wanted Seedot ready to take any more attacks, and that involved being fit and healthy. I could do multiple things, use Synthesis and restore Seedot's health or make it Harden again to prevent too much more damage being taken. There was definitely a simple solution here, to use both.
"Seedot, well done!We're nearly there now! All I want you to do is use Synthesis and then Harden, then we'll be finished!" I commanded. It was true, I had thought the little Pokemon so useless before this battle, but my respect for him had been vastly increased. Seedot started to glow, absorbing the energy from the faint light and converting it into sugars to use for his body. I looked one last time at Mienfoo. She looked tired and I knew that I would capture the Fighting-type soon. I just needed a little patience.

@BlazeMaster;

It looked as though Mienfoo had sustained enough damage for a capture to be attempted now, but each trainer was different, and so for all I knew Joe didn't believe this to be enough damage. I mean, something in his eyes did show me that he didn't feel the battle was over just yet. If I had to guess I would figure that he would have Seedot use another Nature Power, hence another Shadow Ball, since that was really the only attack it had that could do any damage aside from Bide, though I doubted that he would have Seedot be a sitting duck again, or Explosion, and Explosion knocks out the user, and at this point will certainly knock out Mienfoo as well. So I could only figure that Nature Power was his only choice here.

"Seedot, well done!We're nearly there now! All I want you to do is use Synthesis and then Harden, then we'll be finished!" Joe commanded. That was certainly not what I was expecting to hear him command. It was more like he was having Seedot brace itself for a while longer of battle. Was that really what he was after though, or was he just trying to stall maybe, and hope that Mienfoo would drain the remainder of its energy? I didn't really know what he was planning, but I was sure he had something in mind.

Synthesis, and Harden were two moves he had used during this run so far. Well one was used, the other was just attempted, but was stopped before working. Synthesis was a move that would recover half of the Pokemon's maximum health, while Harden would boost the users defense by one stage. It was a handy move to be attempting, but it wouldn't do it any good if Mienfoo ended up using a Special Attack, especially since it had increased that stat for itself.

Seedot looked like it was about to get its moves underway, but Mienfoo didn't want to have any of that at all it appeared. Despite the pain it got back up to its feet, and used a hand gesture with its index finger, trying to lure its opponent in. It was using Taunt, a move that forces your opponent to be unable to use any non damaging attacks. Sometimes this could be ignored, but in this case it seemed that Seedot fell for the simple taunt, and was now just a sitting duck.

Mienfoo was still essentially short on energy, but it still seemed like it could summon up the strength for one more attack. It put its energy into its right leg, and jumped over at Seedot, getting a quick jump, and kick in against its face. It was Jump Kick, a powerful attack that could be hazardous to the user if they ended up missing. Both Pokemon were now pretty hurt, and low on strength. I didn't think either side would really be able to withstand one more attack at this point.

Current Battle Stats

Rash M Seedot 21% Taunt1 Def+1 Used Synthesis and Harden failed
? F Mienfoo 20% Sp Atk/Sp Def+1 Used Taunt and Jump Kick

CC: 14585/15000

Name: Joe Turner
Location: Mt. Oktori
Area Effects: None
Pokemon Encounters: Machop, Swinub, Mienshao, Tyrogue, Mienfoo
Pokemon Encounters Left: 10
Pokemon Caught: Machop – M – Quiet, Swinub - M - Docile

Items: 3x Park Balls, Energy Powder Plus

Pokemon Statistics

Nickname: Caesar
Health: 65%
Gender: Male
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Adamant
Extra Moves: None


Nickname: Brennus
Health: 90%
Gender: Male
Ability: Early Bird
Nature: Rash
Extra Moves: None